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...Tipper Gore hasn't even figured out how to set the clock; she finally had to cover it with black masking tape to hide the relentless blinking -- 12:00/12:00/12:00 -- that is the unmistakable sign of a VCR illiterate. Barbara Walters has three VCRs and can't program any of them. "I'm reduced to asking friends to tape for me," she says. "I am deeply ashamed...
...like Tipper Gore, because she's big and she doesn't like obscene lyrics, whereas I'm small and I do like obscene lyrics...
...Clinton had refused Gore's bid for support in Gore's 1988 presidential campaign. This time, though, Clinton developed such deep rapport with Gore in a 90-minute meeting that he picked the Tennessean immediately. It turned out an inspired choice. Not only Bill and Al, but Hillary and Tipper Gore, got along so well that they campaigned for a while as a team, impressing friendly crowds as two engaging couples on what looked at times like a happy double date...
...which will grow to seven this Monday, were an enormous success. They drew an unsubtle contrast between the patrician Bush's alleged loss of contact with heartland America and the Clinton-Gore close-to-the- people pitch. The journeys cemented the relationship between the candidates and their wives; as Tipper Gore put it, "We were able to tell stories and get to know each other." They also drew huge and enthusiastic crowds, pumped up partly by local journalists who could not afford to fly on a campaign plane but eagerly seized on a rare chance to follow candidates around...
...Tipper Gore has also generated controversy. Her determined campaign against raunchy rock lyrics appeared to place her to the right of her moderate-to- liberal husband and for a time risked alienating traditional sources of Democratic political and financial support in Hollywood during her husband's 1988 presidential bid. Today, however, she talks more about homelessness, mental health and children...